BY QUIN VERTOLLI This past week the hit TV show South Park aired its 20th season and fans of the show were thrilled to see its return. With 285 episodes and counting, it is one of TV’s longest-running shows. But why is this show so successful? Sheridan College is world renowned for its animation programs […]

September 21, 2016Comments Off on South Park enters its 20th seasonRead More

BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS The Sheridan Sun recently got a peek behind the animation on Disney’s latest movie Zootopia from alumni David Stodolny, a character animator, and Mitchell Counsell, a character technical director. The pair shared their experiences of learning at Sheridan and working at Disney. Originally from Brampton, 36-year-old Stodolny graduated from Sheridan in the Animation […]

March 15, 2016Comments Off on Meet the Sheridan alumni behind Zootopia’s lovable crittersRead More

BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS In a place where anyone can be anything, Zootopia presents a world in which prey and predator live as one. Released March 4, Disney’s anthropomorphic characters are charming, relatable, and believable. One of the interesting underlining themes of the film is the unsteady relationship that exists between animals of predator vs. […]

March 8, 2016Comments Off on Zootopia’s a place where anyone can be anythingRead More

BY JANA GREGORIO A mother is pushed to the limit. She struggles to balance daily tasks alone, from hanging laundry to tending to a crying child. Different problems arise, one after the other, until she can’t take it any longer. She is stretched so thin. She breaks apart. This is the premise behind Mother, an […]

January 25, 2016Comments Off on Animation students nominated for Annie AwardsRead More

STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK After working behind the scenes, making his favourite Disney characters come back to life, Samuel Morin now has the fulfilling experience of seeing his work on TV. Morin, a third-year Animation student at Sheridan, worked on The Lion King reboot, which premiered as a film in the past year. He also worked […]

January 18, 2016Comments Off on Sheridan student helps bring next generation of Lion King to lifeRead More

STORY BY MICHAEL MELRO The Sheridan College Animation program has had many students and graduates go on to do great things in the world of film. John Minnis, Eric Armstrong, Tibor Madjar, Colin Doncaster and Chris Williams are the alumnus who have won Oscars, bringing worldwide attention and prestige to the program.

December 16, 2015Comments Off on Sheridan’s history at the OscarsRead More

STORY AND PHOTOS BY CONNOR RIDLEY Sheridan’s most visible legacy may be its art, but not all of this history is hanging in its halls. Nestled around the south side of the White Oaks apartment complex is a small bookstore, its window cluttered with posters of superheroes and other pieces of nerdy folklore. This is […]

November 11, 2015Comments Off on Labyrinth Books a treasure trove of art and geek cultureRead More

STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK It’s the circle of life. The generation that grew up with The Lion King movie will get to experience the television reboot as adults. Although the TV show is meant for kids, it’s more than likely that adults will be interested in the show, if only just to see what everyone […]

September 15, 2015Comments Off on Animation student lands Lion King dream jobRead More

BY COURTNEY BLOK PHOTOS BY COURTNEY BLOK Dating in a college program can be a bit of a balancing act since couples spend most of their time with each other. Romance can sometimes be hard to maintain and competition can lead to conflict. Sheridan’s Animation program is competitive and demanding. It attracts students who want […]

April 24, 2015Comments Off on Competitive programs, competitive couplesRead More

BY SPENCER LUYBEN The Animation program at Sheridan consistently ranks among the top animation programs in the world. But why? What makes it “the Harvard of Animation schools?” Discover the details about this colossal program here.

March 30, 2015Comments Off on Sheridan Animation draws comparisons to HarvardRead More

VIDEO BY DYLAN PAISLEY House of Cool is a pre-production animation studio in Toronto. It was founded in 2004 by Wes Lui and Sheridan alumni Ricardo Curtis. House of Cool has worked on over 12 TV shows and major motion pictures like Despicable Me and The Book of Life.

February 11, 2015Comments Off on Chilling at the House of CoolRead More

STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH The SCAET building was packed with prospective students and parents during Sheridan’s Open House on Saturday, which featured displays and representatives from each program offered at Trafalgar. Andrew Lee, head of Sheridan Security, estimated there were about 1,000 people on campus during the Open House, and compared it to a regular […]

November 18, 2014Comments Off on Prospective students get behind-the-scenes look at faculties and programsRead More